Mr. R. E. Turner on Fossorial Hymenoptera. 465 



Basutoland, between Matsekuwa and Mafcteng (R. Cruw- 

 shaif), March 30, 1902. 



In the sculpture this approaches P. rugosus, Kohl, which 

 I have not seen, but is a larger species, very differently 

 coloured. There are only seven spines on the fore tarsus 

 of the female in rugosus, instead of eight, and the clypeus of 

 the male rugosus is armed with three small teeth, which are 

 absent in strigulosus. There is also no mention in Kohl's 

 description of the tufts of long hairs near the base of the 

 mandibles. The puncturation of the second and third 

 tergites of the female is as close as on the first, though the 

 punctures are smaller. 



Cerceris bagandarum, sp. u. 



J. Nigra: capite fernigineo, fascia lata frontali nigra; clypeo, 

 facie, carina interanteunali, tergitisque prime-, basi uigro, 

 secundoque flavis ; pronoto, mesonoto lateribus anguste, tegulis, 

 pleuris, scutello, postscutello, segmento mediano, tergito sexto 

 basi, sternitis primo dimidio apicali, sextoque, pedibusque 

 ferrugineis ; coxis supra, femoribusque posticis supra nigris; 

 alis navo-hyalinis, apice late infuscatis, venis testaceis; clypeo 

 apice porrecto ; mesopleuris subtuberculatis ; sternito secundo 

 area elevata basali nulla, 

 o* • Feminoe similis ; pleuris nigris, segmento mediano nigro macula 

 magna ferruginea utrinque, sternitis secundo, sexto, septinioque, 

 tergitisque sexto septimoque ferrugineis ; tergitis tertio, quarto 

 quintoque fascia angusta transversa angulis apicalibus tlava ; 

 alis subbyalinis, haud flavescentibus ; clypeo baud porrecto 

 apice angustato et obtuse tridenlato ; mesopleuris baud tuber- 

 culatis. 

 Long., 2 16 mm., <5 11 mm. 



? . Mandibles with a large triangular tooth on the inner 

 margin at about one-third from the apex. Clypeus 

 gradually raised from near the base, strongly convex and 

 porrect at the apex, but without a free lamina. Antennae 

 inserted about half as far again from the anterior ocellus 

 as from the base of the clypeus ; interantennal carina strong ; 

 second joint of flagellum about two and a half times as long 

 as the first. Posterior ocelli nearly twice as far from the 

 eyes as from each other and as far from the hind margin of 

 the head as from the eyes. Clypeus and face subopaque 

 almost impunctate, front and vertex closely punctured- 

 rugose; thorax and median segment more coarsely punc- 

 tured-rugose; mesopleurae with a small tubercle ; triangular 

 basal area of the median segment strongly and regularly 

 Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 9. Vol. ii. 34 



